Braun exited the game Wednesday in San Diego in the sixth inning after limping out of the box on a fly-out to left. The Brewers were off Thursday but the day of rest was not enough to calm down the Achilles' enough to play.

In a reshuffled batting order, Rickie Weeks moved from leadoff to the No. 2 spot but Roenicke said that wasn't merely because Braun was missing.

"I may leave Rickie there for a little while," said Roenicke. "I talked to Rickie today and we're going to try to do some things to get the offense going a little bit."

Weeks had struggled mightily in the leadoff spot, batting .172 with a .306 OBP. Roenicke recently said he didn't think Weeks would fit well in the two-hole but changed his mind.